# cigarettes — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For cigarettes, carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is all domestic mail; conditions is Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any substance not containing tobacco, or roll of tobacco wrapped in substance containing tobacco likely to be purchased as a cigarette; includes roll-your-own tobacco, excludes cigars, recorded from its source on 2026-08-04.

- **Item category:** cigarettes _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** all domestic mail _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or any substance not containing tobacco, or roll of tobacco wrapped in substance containing tobacco likely to be purchased as a cigarette; includes roll-your-own tobacco, excludes cigars _(unconfirmed — we could not tie this to the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco, or a roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco that, due to its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette.

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c4_026.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-04. Review by: 2027-08-04.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).